Confirmed with Link: Flames acquire Nikita Okhotiuk from San Jose for a 5th in 2024

[Lunatik]

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[JurassicTunga]

quite a few Russian D in the system

Okhotik, Grushnikov, Miromanov, Kuznetsov, Solovyov

 

[Iggys Dome]

I like it

 

[Turning Mangiapanese]

So we've gone from acquiring random #7 D-men to acquiring random Russian #7 D-men.

 

[Anglesmith]

Okotoks? Okotoks.

 

[Lunatik]

So,

Okotoks? Okotoks.

Someone posted in the TDL thread and called him oak tree

 

[FLAMESFAN]

Would have to be Chi's 5th rnd pick we got from as part of the Zad trade

 

[InfinityIggy]

I like it! Guy has a lot of room to grow. Good draft pedigree and already decent NHL experience.

If you're gonna spend late picks on guys, this is the type of deal to make. Young + controlled. Treliving take some f***ing notes.

 

[Volica]

I like it! Guy has a lot of room to grow. Good draft pedigree and already decent NHL experience.

If you're gonna spend late picks on guys, this is the type of deal to make. Young + controlled. Treliving take some f***ing notes.

Woah woah woah.
Sometimes you need a 14th forward, 8th D kinda guy.

 

[algernon]

Okotoks? Okotoks.

There are a number of things to do in Okotoks

 

[FLAMESFAN]

Miro, Okho and Solo....our 3 Russian Stoogies! Hopefully in a good way, lol

 

[User1996]

I’ll take it. Kind of guy you pray to get in the 5th anyways

 

[crackdown44]

Love that he’s from Chelyabinsk and not like Moscow. It’s the equivalent of getting a dude from Moose Jaw instead of Toronto. I know I’d want my bottom pair Dman to be from Moose Jaw.

Pic related:

 

[Lunatik]

Looks like he came over to Canada when he was 16. just like Miromanov.

He was a teammate of Greer in Binghamton and Utica, and of course with Rango in NJ

 

[BobColesNasalCavity]

Have to change it to the C of the Red Army

 

[Bounces R Way]

Welcome aboard Comrade Okhotiuk

 

[InfinityIggy]

Looks like he came over to Canada when he was 16m just like Miromanov.

He was a teammate of Greer in Binghamton and Utica, and of course with Rango in NJ

I know people leaving home early is a cultural thing there but at least let the guy learn to tie his shoes first.

 

[Rubi]

Another pick up by Conroy that I know nothing about. However, in Conroy I trust.

 

[HughJazz3dg]

I think he can be a good bottom pairing guy someday. Has some good defensive abilities, very physical, can throw hands. Makes some boneheaded decisions with the puck in his zone, which is the part of the game he needs to work on to be a good bottom pairing guy.

Best of luck!

 

[FLAMESFAN]

Love that he's physical, we needed that. Hopefully we can get him signed for a few years cheap.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

No. 21 Nikita Okhotiuk: The defensive specialist the Sharks need

Nikita Okhotiuk is a defensive defenseman who could be invaluable to the Sharks in a few years.

www.fearthefin.com

For those like me who are less familiar with the guy.

 

[Fig]

I like it! Guy has a lot of room to grow. Good draft pedigree and already decent NHL experience.

If you're gonna spend late picks on guys, this is the type of deal to make. Young + controlled. Treliving take some f***ing notes.

Instead of rushing the rebuild, he's now Russian the rebuild.

It's like.. The same but improved.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Instead of rushing the rebuild, he's now Russian the rebuild.

 

[IharRB]

“Sharangovic and I were quite close at New Jersey, he called me to say hello.”

 

[Lunatik]

Instead of rushing the rebuild, he's now Russian the rebuild.

It's like.. The same but improved.

I didn't know you were a dad until now